Sawmill Man v. The People

Overview:	Will is bringing suit against the sawmill operator for monopolising the wooden plank industry.
Release date:	1 September 2010
Parties involved:	Estate Agent Bill Will
Length:	Short
Items used:
Experience:	9,000 Attack or Defence
Reward:	30 teak planks

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  Sawmill Man vs The People scroll

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  Sawmill Man Defence Case Report 1, page 1

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  Sawmill Man Defence Case Report 1, page 2

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  Sawmill Man Defence Case Report 2

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  Sawmill Man Defence Case Report 3

Prosecution

To successfully prosecute Bill, follow these steps before entering the courtroom:

• Read through the three case reports. There are no fingerprints.
• Interview Will, located in the courthouse. Go through all the chat options.
• Interview the Estate Agent, located in the courthouse. Go through all the chat options.
• Interview Bill (the sawmill operator), located in the courthouse. Go through all the chat options.

Then go into the courtroom below. Follow these steps:

• Present File 1 as evidence. Say "Bill's Obsessive control."
• Present File 2 as evidence. Say "This letter proves that there were underhanded dealings."
• Call Will to the stand. Ask him about his "New business."
• Call Bill to the stand. Ask him "Did you try to stop Will from opening his business?"
• Direct the closing statement at the young man.

Prosecution reward

Defence

To successfully defend Bill, follow these steps before entering the courtroom:

• Read through the three case reports. There are no fingerprints.
• Interview Will, located in the courthouse. Go through all the chat options.
• Interview the Estate Agent, located in the courthouse. Go through all the chat options.
• Interview Bill (the sawmill operator), located in the courthouse. Go through all the chat options.

Then go into the courtroom below. Follow these steps:

• Present File 1 as evidence. Say "This patent demonstrates Bill's caution in protecting his ideas."
• Present File 2 as evidence. Say "This letter doesn't prove any underhanded dealings."
• Call Bill to the stand. Ask him "Did you try to stop Will from opening his own business?"
• Call Will to the stand. Ask him "Did you help Bill build his Supersteady Plankmaking machine?"
• Call the Estate Agent to the stand. Ask him "What can you tell me about Bill's business?"
• Direct the closing statement at the young man.

Trivia

There is a grammatical error evident during the cross-examination of Bill. When asked about stopping Will from opening his new business, he replies, "Without those trade secrets my business wouldn't be stand up to new competition." It is unconfirmed whether this reply contains an extra word "be" or is missing words, such as "able to," which would cause it to make sense.

There is a factual error in the case, in that Bill seems to have patented his plankmaker, while the document is marked confidential. In reality, patents are deliberately public, so that when the patent expires, anyone can make use of it.